Enterprise blockchain infrastructure company serving government, financial institution and enterprise workflows. The company has delivered over a 1,000 blockchain projects over the last decades, particularly for BFSI and governments globally. $3M round, the first institutional round after a decade of being boot strapped. Founded in Jan 2005, Chandigarh based. Founders: CEO Vikram (Kurukshetra University '01) and COO Shashi (SLIET '06) were co-founders of ASB Academy (blockchain education).

Multi-channel notification system that enables businesses to manage communications through a single API. As expected, this drives up engagement and purchases by end-customers. Serves customers across industries, including Crazy Games, Chargebee, Siemens, HeyReach. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from Chiratae's Sonic DeepTech program. The program offers up to $2M in funding. The company raised its first round of $1M in Sep 2022 led by BoldCap along with Titan, FortyTwo.VC, All In Capital. Founded in Jan 2022, SF and Bangalore based. Founders: Nikita (IIT Delhi '13) was Product Lead at Aasaanjobs for six years, including after the acquisition by OLX; Gaurav (IIT Bombay '02-'07 - dropped out in the last year) was CTO at RocketApp (jobs portal for front-line and blue collar workers) for seven years.

AI avatars that replace static chatbots with audio-visual, product-aware conversational agents trained on sales and marketing content. An agent lives on your website as a human-like avatar. The moment a visitor lands on your site, it starts a conversation, answering questions and showcasing the product through an interactive experience, as if they were actually using it. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from Chiratae's Sonic DeepTech program. The program offers up to $2M in seed funding. Founded in Aug 2024, SF based. Founders: CEO Suyash (IIT Kharagpur ‘21) had brief stints as a PM (WizCommerce) and engineer (Barclays Wealth Management); CTO Utsav (IIT Delhi ‘22) was an engineer at EightFold (upskilling platform); CRO Sudhir is a former accounts exec from Fractal, Whatfix and 6sense.

API-driven telephony infrastructure for voice AI agents. The platform offers Direct Inward Dialing provisioning (i.e. activating virtual phone numbers) low-latency SIP (i.e. voice over internet calls) trunking, real-time streaming, noise cancellation, and compliance automation, enabling developers to integrate voice AI quickly. $1M seed round. Founded in Jul 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Suman (Osmania '02; IT-Universitetet i København '05) was Founder & CEO of Finin (neobank) which was acquired by Open, where he then headed Strategy & New Initiatives; CTO Vikash (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) '15) was a software architect at Bandwidth Inc. and SDE at Plivo.

Hyperlocal jobs platform for blue-collar and skilled workers, with multilingual, multimodal Voice AI. The goal is to enable hiring in as little as 30 minutes, over time, in a "quick commerce for jobs" model. Popular roles include delivery riders, in-store promoters, electricians, carpenters, and data collection roles. $250K pre-seed round. Angels in the round: Alok Bansal (Policybazaar), Anshoo Sharma (Magicpin), Amit Jain and Rajesh Batra (Taggd), Manoj Sinsinwar (Hecttor.ai), Pankaj Bansal (Caret Capital). Founded in Aug 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Shrey (SMU '23) founded Eraah (platform for NGO donations); CPO Shubham (SMU '20; IIM-A '26) built biotech startup Purivo for a year, prior to which he was AVP at GIC in Singapore, working as a Quantitative Strategist in the Systematic Equities team. Comps: Apna.

Developer of Aerios, an operating system for airports, which integrates real-time terminal operations and airside operations into a unified platform. This covers a whole lot including flight scheduling, the management of gates, counters and baggage belts, lost and found, billing, maintenance audits, DGCA compliance. The company's first deployment is with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Chennai International Airport, with its Airside Management software reducing runway occupancy time by 22% during a 20 day study across 3,500 flights. While Chennai is a major airport, smaller regional airports often operate with manual processes, while mid-sized airports operate with fragmented systems. $1M seed round. Founded in Nov 2018, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Suseendar (Aeronautical Engineering '12 from Hindustan University; Electromechanical Engineering '15 from Tamkang University) worked as a Systems Architect at Intlosol Works (hardware + software solutions for cold supply chain); COO Cherukuru (Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Bharathiar Univ.) was Solutions Architect Aviation at Esteem E Technologies, Technical Director at MindVTelecom (wireless tech for government and defence organisations) and Technical Architect at Techroutes Network (also telecom).

Personal AI Twin that connects all the apps of a user (think Spotify, Netflix, Zomato), helping them make better everyday decisions, ranging from what to eat and watch to where to go, what to buy, and how to plan experiences. 200K twins have been created on the platform. $1M pre-seed round led by Campus Fund, with participation from Avalanche. Founded in Jun 2024, Dubai based. Founders: CEO Mehdi was Co-Founder of Blocklogica Labs (web3 accelerator); CBO Suraj (PVPIT Budhgaon '15) was a BD lead at Polygon ID (Polygon Labs); CTO Aditya (Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology '03) was Co-Founder & CTO of ReputeX (web3 analytics).

Outcome-based legal AI platform which combines AI for legal research, document review, drafting and workflow efficiency with a marketplace of legal professionals. Used by 500 clients across law firms, enterprises, public institutions. Building for a global user base. $2.2M seed round. Other investors in the round: 8i Ventures. Founded in Mar 2023, SF/Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Varun (National University of Juridical Sciences) was an associate at law firm AZB; co-founder Manas (SMU) was with HubSpot (accounts exec); CTO Sumit (IIT Delhi '21) was with Magnify Labs and Harmonic. Varun and Manas are brothers.

Outcome-based AI-native software delivery company using agents across solution design, workflow creation, code, testing and deployment. The company offers AI Library MCP, a unified infrastructure layer designed to simplify how AI agents operate in real-world enterprise environments. Clients include Tally, Times Group, Burger Singh, DeKoder. $560K pre-seed round at a $7.5M cap from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2023, SF based. Co-Founder & CEO Arani (St. Stephens '11) built software dev firm Iarani for over a decade, from 2012 onwards.

Browser-native 3D and XR infrastructure. The companies offers no-code, browser native software to enable 3D experiences to run across devices without downloads or specialised hardware. Its platform converts images, text and video to 3D assets. The company offers 3D walkthroughs, AR demos and more to clients across retail, e-commerce, real estate, automotive and healthcare, in India. It will now expand into the US and the UAE. $2.5M seed round led by IPV and Avinya, along with India Accelerator, Founder’s Avenue, Anthill, Finvolve, LVX. Founded in Jan 2023, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Vinay (GITAM Deemed University) was Associate Director of Partner Channels at Unacademy and is-Exotel and Scapic.